Coin package



May 5, 1925. 1,536,481

L. J. DICKEY COIN PACKAGE Filed Auz. 31. 1922 package Y in Fig. l.

Patented May 5, 1925. v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS J. DICKEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 STANDARD COIN WRAPPERS, INC., 01 BOSTON, CHUSETTSQ MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA- COIN PACKAGE. Application filed August 31, 1922. Serial No. 585,475.

To all'whom it concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS J. DIoKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Coin-Packages, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying v drawings, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a tubular package in which coins are assembled and packed and has for its object to provide a superior package for the purpose specified, which can be produced at a minimum cost. To this end, the tubular package is made from a. paper or like blank provided with parallel sides and having one end inclined and extended from side to side in a substantially straight line, and having its other end provided with substantially straight sections which converge from the opposite sides and form between said sides a substantially pointed end, which extends beyond said sides and has a tendency to spring outwardly after the blank is rolled into the form of a tube, and which enables the paper blank to be rolled into tubular form with the ends of the tubular convolutionsat each end of the tubular package and whichare formed by a side of the paper blank, to lie in the same radial plane, and have the different convo lut-ions at the entrance end of the tubular in contact with each other throughout their circumferential length and thus provide the tubular package with an entrance end for the coins, which is practically circular and afi'ords a free and unobstructed passage for the coins into the package, and enables the coins to be packed in a minimum time.

The 0 posite end of the tubular package is provided with an internal annular bead, which forms a support for the stack of coins and which is formed by rolling or folding inwardly the lower end of the tubular package.

The particular features of the invention will be pointedout in the claims at the end of thisspecificaton.

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a' tubular coin package embodying this invention.

Fig. 2, a longitudinal diametrical section package shown in Fig. l.

i Fig. 3, a plan view of the package shown is a specification,

Fig. 4., a developed view of the paper blank from which the package shown in Fig. l is formed, and

Fig. 5, a. plan of a strip from which the blanks shown in Fig.- ,4 are economically produced.

Referring to the drawing (1 represents a tubular coin package embodying this invention and provided at its lower end with an internal annular bead 12 forming a bottom support for the stack .of coins, not shown, but which are inserted into the tubular package a! through its upper or entrance end, which is free and unobstructed for the entrance of the coins, as will be described.

The tubular package a is made from a flat paper blank 8, see Fig. 4, which is provided with parallel sides 10-12, asubstantially straightdiagonal or inclined end 13, and a pointed end which is of suitable shape to provide the blank with a projecting portion intermediate the sides 1012 and extended beyond said sides, and which is formed by substantially straight sections 1516 of unequal length, extended from the sides 10-12 respectively, and converging toward each other. The-end edge 15 is parallel with the end 13, so that the blanks may be cntfrom a continuous strip of paper, without material waste, as hereinafter set forth.

The converging sections 15-16 are, as said, of unequal length and are brought to a point relatively near, the side edges, 12. for a purpose, as will be described. By providing the upper end of the fiat blank with the sections 15--16, which extend from the parallel sides 10-12 and converge, said blank is provided with an end, which, when the blank is rolled into the .form of a tube, forms 14 between the sides and the upper ends of said sides, which pointed end portion 14 projects beyond a straight line joining theupper ends of the parallel sides 10-12 and indicated by the dotted line 20. The pointed end portion 14 of the blank has a very important function when the flat blank is rolled into the form of a tube with the pointed end portion 14 within and constituting the innermost convolution of the tube as represented in-Fig. 2. The substantially pointed end portion 14 has a tendency to spring outwardly or uncoil, which enables the flat blank to be wound into a tube having parallel ends, with the portions of the parallel sides hi -12 forming circumferential edges of convolutions ofthe tubular package and with the circumferential edges formed by the side in the same radial plane and those formed by the side 12 in another radial plane, which is parallel with the first mentioned radial plane. By locating the point relatively nearthe edge 12, which is accomplished by having the "edge or section 15 considerably greater in length than the edge or section 13, it is possible to form a greater number of wrappers (for coins of a given diameter) from a strip of paper than if'the point where located substantially midway between the edges 1012.

The flat blank 8 is Wound upon a suitable mandrel, not shown, be inning at the pointed end portion 14, and the lower end of the the convolutions of the tubular package at the entrance of the latter, contact witheach other, and the innermost convolution 1s not separated from thenext adjacent convolution by a space, as would be the case if the side 12 of the blankconstituted the highest point of the pointed end of saidblank, that is, if the end portion 14 were omitted from the blank and the upper end of the latter terminated at thecdotted line 20. The result obtained with a blank having a pointed end portion intermediate its parallel sides 1012 and projecting beyond the upper end of its highest side, is illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein it will be seen that the innermost convolution of the tubular package bears against the' next adjacent convolution and is not separated therefrom, and that the projecting end portion 14 also bears against the next adjacent convolution. As a result the entrance mouth of the'package is practically circular and, being slightly larger in diameter than the body portion of the tube, ollers no obstruction to the coins entered therein. In other words, the upper end portion of the side 12 of the blank has a continuous bearing With the next adjacent conconvolution, which construction is objectionable as the entrance mouth of the package in such case would not be practically circular and free and unobstructed, but would be decidedly non-circular and obstructed for the free and easy entrance of the coins.

Furthermore the blank 8 enables the coin packages a to be produced at a minimum cost, inasmuch as said blanks may be cut with the least possible waste from a strip of paper having parallel sides and such as is now commonly made.

In Fig. 5, 22 represents a strip of paper from which the blanks 8 are produced. The strip of paper 22 which is provided with parallel sidesis then cut transversely from side to side, as indicated by the dotted lines 23, and is also cut transversely by shorter cuts which extend from-one side of the strip and intersectthe cuts 23 extending from side to side. The shorter cuts are represented by the dotted lines 24.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 5, that the only waste stock occasioned by the formation of the pointed portion 14 of the blank 8, is the small triangular section 25 of the paper strip 22, which is practically ne'gligible. r.

Claims: 4 I

#1. A coin wrapper composed of a blank wound intoa plurality of convolutions with their upper side edges in the same transverse plane, the innermost convolution terminating in a point, formed by angular sections [of unequal length, and located between the middle and the upper side edge of said innermost convolution, the lower side edges of said convolutions being inwardly crimped.

2. A coin wrapper consisting of a blank having substantially parallel side edges, a straight. diagonal or inclined end, and a pointed end formed by a long section parallelfto said diagonal straight end, and a short section angular to said long section, said point being located relatively near one of said parallel sides.

' LEWIS J. DIOKEY 

